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Summary

This title analyzes contemporary trends and tools that affect how information is created, stored, discovered and used in a progressive technological environment. It presents a framework for librarians to tailor their services and resources, in-house expertise and organizational identities to provide an efficient and effective community of learning for their evolving clientele.

Table of Contents

Preface

iii

Contributors

xiii

Libraries and Digital Preservation: Who Is Providing Electronic Access for Tomorrow?

1

(30)

Kelly Russell

Introduction

1

(1)

Background and Context

2

(2)

The Changing Face of Preservation

4

(2)

A Context for Digital Preservation

6

(1)

The Scale of the Problem

7

(1)

What Is ``Digital Preservation?''

8

(1)

Preservation Digitization

9

(1)

Technology Dependence and Media Longevity

10

(1)

Case Studies

11

(1)

Storage Media

12

(1)

Digital Archaeology

13

(1)

Strategies for Digital Preservation

14

(1)

Reliance on Hard Copy

15

(2)

Technology Preservation

17

(1)

Technology Emulation

17

(2)

Migration

19

(1)

Portable Data

20

(1)

Collection Management and Digital Preservation

21

(1)

Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Preservation

22

(2)

Responsibility Issues

24

(2)

Developing Preservation Policies

26

(1)

Conclusion

27

(1)

End Notes

28

(3)

The Internet, Scholarly Communication, and Collaborative Research

31

(14)

Rosemary L. Meszaros

Introduction

31

(1)

The Crisis in Scholarly Publishing

32

(1)

A Promising Forecast for Scholarship

33

(2)

The Internet's Impact Explained

35

(1)

Potential Pitfalls

36

(1)

Intellectual Property

37

(1)

Models of Scholarly Communication and Research Online

38

(4)

Conclusion

42

(1)

End Notes

42

(3)

From Virtual Libraries to Digital Libraries: The Role of Digital Libraries in Information Communities

45

(32)

David Robins

Introduction

46

(2)

Conceptual Background

48

(1)

Traditional Library

48

(3)

Virtual Library

51

(2)

Digital Libraries

53

(1)

Digital Library Initiatives

54

(1)

National Science Foundation's Digital Library Initiative

55

(2)

Community

57

(2)

Information Community

59

(1)

Libraries and Information Communities: A Model that Worked

60

(4)

Information Communities and Digital Libraries: New Directions

64

(5)

A New Model for Digital Libraries and Information Communities

69

(2)

Some Caveats Regarding the Role of Digital Libraries in Information Communities

71

(1)

Conclusion

72

(1)

End Notes

73

(4)

Integrating Metadata Frameworks into Library Description

77

(26)

William Fietzer

Introduction

77

(2)

Facts and Figures

79

(1)

What Is Metadata?

80

(1)

Standards and Interoperability

81

(1)

The Dublin Core and Warwick Framework

82

(2)

Crosswalks and Associated Issues

84

(3)

The Need for Thesauri

87

(1)

Multilingual Environmental Thesauri

88

(2)

Problems of Concept and Cost

90

(1)

Production Costs and Concerns

91

(1)

The Human Factor

91

(4)

Limitations and Concerns of Each Method

95

(1)

Limited Publics

96

(1)

Knowing the Market

97

(1)

Conclusion

98

(2)

End Notes

100

(3)

Technology's Impact on Research and Publication in the Natural Sciences